“The idea being if I’m to really learn the lessons of Bill Cosby then this is a part of that,” exclaims W. Kamau Bell of the trenchant We Need To Talk About Cosby. “This is about being smart, being…
and battling a number of civil suits, Cosby has been accused by more than 60 women of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery and other misconduct with some of these alleged crimes dating back nearly 60 years.
So, for me, I can’t let you lose track of the timeline that we’re in because the information means more if you really are focused on the timeline. I really give Showtime a shout out for really sort of embracing that, because like I think that stuff can be seen as like gimmicky or extra, but they really understood that no, this actually locks you in to the timeline of events.
But I would say that like if you watch the film, it is clear we’re talking about not just Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby is the way into the conversation but we’re not just talking about Bill Cosby behavior. We’re not just talking about Black men behavior.
You know, right now, I sit here going like this is still, as I know it to be, an unpopular subject for a certain percentage of people and for a certain percentage of Black folks. Like either they believe and they feel like the good outweighs the bad or they think all the women were lying because Bill Cosby is perfect in every way.United Shades
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